On Thursday, three citations totaling $36,750 were issued to Gerdau Reinforcing Steel West in connection with the death of a company truck driver at the new San Francisco 49ers stadium in Santa Clara, California, in October 2013. The ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Truck
Trimble Transport and Logistics ANZ has launched a new fatigue management screen that makes it easier for truck companies and drivers to remain compliant with the new Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL). The Heavy Vehicle National Law was ...
Tags: Truck Fatigue, Heavy Vehicle
Scania is launching its fourth Australia-wide search to find the country’s best truck and best bus driver, with a prize worth $10,000 on offer for the winner of each category. The judges will be seeking drivers who can display a ...
Trucking industry leaders announced an industry-wide image and education initiative, Trucking Moves America Forward, on Wednesday at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Kentucky. “Today’s modern truck drivers are skilled ...
Tags: Trucking industry, Facelift
Ryder is introducing female-friendly trucks to its fleet based on recommendations from Women in Trucking (WIT), to encourage more women drivers to join the ranks of fellow truckers. “It’s important for manufacturers to take ...
Tags: Trucks, vehicles, Transportation
To coincide with changes to the Privacy Act that commenced recently, Transport Certification Australia (TCA) has emphasised the need to uphold strict privacy safeguards in order to progress the wider use of telematics and C-ITS ...
At the beginning of 2014, Volvo Truck announces the “Volvo Trucks China Dream Program”, while it embraces its 80th anniversary in China. This program is based on the Volvo Trucks Public Driver Training held since 2012, aiming at ...
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Trucks
Training truck drivers on simulators shows some safety benefits, but the benefits do not last very long, the American Transportation Research Institute said. ATRI's research found that drivers who received simulator training were safer ...
From Monday 10 February, there is one Heavy Vehicle National Law regulating trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles across most of Australia, with the aim of 'boosting efficiency and productivity in the transport industry.' Under the new ...
This Editorial appears in the Jan. 27 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. Perhaps in addition to reviewing trucking companies’ financial performance, it would be worthwhile to measure such things as the ...
Tags: Transportation, truck, Truckload
MARKHAM,Ont.—Crime Stoppers,the public awareness and crime tip reporting program,has a new focus this year:cargo theft. During a ceremony to celebrate January being International Crime Stoppers month,Crime Stoppers of York Region ...
Tags: Cargo Theft, Cargo
There’s now more support for Ontario Trucking Association’s call for mandatory entry-level training for truck drivers. The Toronto chapter of the Fleet Safety Council commented in a letter: “The lack of training ...
The U.S. economy continued to expand at a moderate pace from November to the end of the year, with reports on transportation services generally positive, the Federal Reserve said. The economic outlook is positive in most of 12 Federal ...
Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
Jaclyn O'Laughlin WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is close to releasing proposals to require electronic logging devices in all trucks and to establish a clearinghouse of positive drug and alcohol tests ...
Tags: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Anne Ferro